Can Seersucker Save America?

Only 15% of Americansapprove of how Congress is doing its job. Tomorrow it will be 92 degrees with 65% humidity in Washington DC. America's capitol is a hellish swamp, where partisan politics and steaming humidity slow everything to a hateful crawl. But there may still be hope for America, in seersucker of all things.

Thanks to Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) National Seersucker Day is being resurrected The Washington Postreports. The 15-year-old Senatorial tradition started by former Senate majority leader Trent Lot ordered every Senator, man or woman, to wear the same fabric on the same day. But in 2012, the Senate canceled it, saying it might appear "frivolous" in the face of so many serious national problems.

It was a dumb move, to say the least. There's a right kind of frivolity and a wrong kind, so of course our Congressional geniuses focused on the latter. The damn suits aren't the problem —pretty much everything else is—and I'd go as far as to say that seersucker may be a good start at a solution. We're not hearing any better ideas to unify Congress, cooling tempers and core temperatures alike.

Science even backs us up on this one. Research shows that uniforms can create unity among workers, and seersucker's puckered cotton isn't just light, but also works to wick moister from the skin and circulate air across the body. Maybe, just maybe, the traditional fabric of American summer can save our struggling democracy.

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